From noted archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger, a challenge to the conventions of historical documentary storytelling, and two proposals:
....The first is easy. Let's put original, unedited archival material out in the world in such a way that it competes with documentaries.... it will insure that audiences can see original documents without the imposition of artificial layers of narrativity.
The second:
We have all noted that the cost of production and distribution is going down quickly, even though it isn't zero. Why then aren't archivists making more documentaries, and why isn't production seen as an integral archival mission?
Read the full piece at his blog, blackoystercatcher.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Jaszi: Fair Use for Students
Attorney and intellectual property expert Peter Jaszi (featured in Archival Storytelling) is now blogging as the IP Scholar for the University of Maryland University College's Center for Intellectual Property -- see ©ollectanea for his posts on fair use in secondary and higher education and more!
Monday, May 4, 2009
...The Price is Rights (WGBH-TV)
From The Boston Globe (May 4, 2009) an article about WGBH in Boston and the challenge (and expense) of rights clearance -- http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/05/03/to_put_shows_online_the_price_is_rights/
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Prison terms and fines for founders of The Pirate Bay
According to an article by Eric Pfanner in the April 27, 2009 The New York Times, a "court in Sweden on Friday convicted four men linked to the notorious Internet file-sharing service The Pirate Bay of violating copyright law, handing the music and movie industries a high-profile victory in their campaign to curb online piracy."
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Kenn Rabin, Focal Press at NAB (April 18-23, Las Vegas)
If you're attending this year's NAB Show, look for Kenn Rabin as well as publisher Focal Press! NAB is being held this year in Las Vegas, NV, April 18-23.
From the website, www.nabshow.com/default.asp: "For more than 80 years, the NAB ShowTM has served as the premiere event for content professionals. Leading this ever-changing industry, the NAB Show has evolved to remain the world's resource for high-level insight, training, education and state-of-the-art technology powering the future of content creation, management, commerce and delivery." NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters, is "a trade association located in Washington, D.C. that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the Courts."
From the website, www.nabshow.com/default.asp: "For more than 80 years, the NAB ShowTM has served as the premiere event for content professionals. Leading this ever-changing industry, the NAB Show has evolved to remain the world's resource for high-level insight, training, education and state-of-the-art technology powering the future of content creation, management, commerce and delivery." NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters, is "a trade association located in Washington, D.C. that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the Courts."
Orphans: A Film Symposium: call for presentations
Orphans: A Film Symposium willl be held April 7-10, 2010, at the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center; www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/orphans7/. "Orphans 7 will focus on transnational and global issues. How have moving images circulated across national and other boundaries? How are neglected archival materials accessed and used across and within borders?"
Proposals for presentations are currently being sought -- for details, go to www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/orphans7/docs/Orphans7flyer2.pdf.
What's an "orphan" film? From the 2005 website: "Narrowly defined, it's a motion picture abandoned by its owner or caretaker. More generally, the term refers to all manner of films outside of the commercial mainstream: public domain materials, home movies, outtakes, unreleased films... [etc]... For examples, visit the National Film Preservation Foundation, an institution dedicated to saving orphan films."
Proposals for presentations are currently being sought -- for details, go to www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/orphans7/docs/Orphans7flyer2.pdf.
What's an "orphan" film? From the 2005 website: "Narrowly defined, it's a motion picture abandoned by its owner or caretaker. More generally, the term refers to all manner of films outside of the commercial mainstream: public domain materials, home movies, outtakes, unreleased films... [etc]... For examples, visit the National Film Preservation Foundation, an institution dedicated to saving orphan films."
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